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Call for Evidence: British Film & High-End Television

Call for Evidence: British Film & High-End Television

04 August 2023

The Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee recently launched its inquiry into the challenges facing Film and High-End TV in the UK. Interested individuals and organisations are invited to feed into the process.

GNCCF returns to Manchester with a feast of craft delights

GNCCF returns to Manchester with a feast of craft delights

04 August 2023

The programme has been announced for one of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious craft shows, as The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair returns to Manchester from 19th - 22nd October 2023.

#BTB23 - Material Memory Roadshows

#BTB23 - Material Memory Roadshows

17 July 2023

If you have a piece of fabric or a textile object that has been handed down through your family, mended and repaired over the years, or travelled with you as you’ve moved from place to place, then BTB invites you to join their upcoming Material Memory Roadshows.

Arts Council Capital Investment Programme (Round 2)

Arts Council Capital Investment Programme (Round 2)

01 June 2023

The Capital Investment Programme supports cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact.

ICG Agency flies into action for viral Blackpool Zoo story

ICG Agency flies into action for viral Blackpool Zoo story

15 May 2023

​Preston based digital marketing agency ICG flew into action for long standing client Blackpool Zoo after the attraction’s job vacancy for a human seagull deterrent broke the internet.

TeenTech Lancashire Festival

TeenTech Lancashire Festival

27 April 2023

Get involved in the new TeenTech Lancashire Festival at UCLAN– a celebration of all things digital, scientific and technical for young people across Lancashire

LA1 Shorts Returns to The Dukes

LA1 Shorts Returns to The Dukes

19 April 2023

Around a dozen short films are selected to be screened at the festival with the best films being chosen by a judging panel and festivalgoers on the night. This year’s entrants will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of Natalie Evans whose film – Road Trip – won Best Film last year, and Joshua Chawner who wowed the audience with his epic Lego animation, Barracuda Heist.

BFI NETWORK England Short Film Funding

BFI NETWORK England Short Film Funding

12 April 2023

Support of up to £25,000 is available for production costs on fiction shorts across live action, animation and immersive/virtual reality. BFI NETWORK England short film funding supports filmmaking teams based in the North who are working on fiction shorts in live action, animation and immersive/virtual reality.

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Joelle Taylor

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Joelle Taylor

07 March 2023

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing, and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet ​Joelle Taylor, an award-winning author, poet, playwright and performer who hails from Lancashire.

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Jemma Rodgers

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Jemma Rodgers

06 March 2023

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing, and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet Jemma Rodgers, a multi award winning Film and TV Producer of landmark comedy and drama programmes.

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Marjan Wouda

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Marjan Wouda

03 March 2023

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet Marjan Wouda, an artist and sculptor based in Pennine Lancashire, who creates artworks in clay, steel and bronze.

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Jenna Gardner

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Jenna Gardner

02 March 2023

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet Jenna Gardner, the Head of School (Creative, Digital & Community) for University Centre Blackburn College.

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Jen Blackwell

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Jen Blackwell

01 March 2023

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023, we continue our series of feature interviews with dynamic, trailblazing and courageous creative women, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet Jen Blackwell, the Founder and Creative Director of DanceSyndrome, an award-winning, inclusive, Lancashire-based dance organisation and charity.

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Hannah Smeds-Davies

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Hannah Smeds-Davies

28 February 2023

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023, we're hosting a series of feature interviews with dynamic, trailblazing and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Hannah Smeds-Davies is an internationally-acclaimed textile artist, designer and expert weaver.

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Rebecca Johnson

#IWD2023: Creative Women - Rebecca Johnson

28 February 2023

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday 8th March 2023, we're hosting a series of feature interviews with dynamic, trailblazing and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Rebecca Johnson is the Arts and Heritage Manager for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.